Directioners, you've obviously heard the good news..."Steal My Girl" is officially on the radio (and your iTunes library if you pre-ordered) TODAY! If you were a good fan and didn't listen when the song leaked over the weekend (#WeKnowItWasYouLiam), than today is a big treat for you. U.S. fans first listened to the song during the Elvis Duran Morning Show on Z100 and U.K. fans heard it first on BBC Radio1.
For the fans who haven't heard the song yet, don't worry, 1D made sure to tweet you the link:
Listen to @onedirection's new track "Steal My Girl" exclusively here! http://t.co/twx47cqB8f #amazing pic.twitter.com/gLO9Den04b
— Vevo UK (@Vevo_UK) September 29, 2014
Fans are obviously really excited about this news:
It's going to be a great week!! Starting it off with #StealMyGirlOnTheRadio and ending it with WWA Tampa&amp; Miami
— Rachel (@ItMustBeRachel) September 29, 2014
STEAL MY GIRL got me like: http://t.co/z2lJxux5EQ
— 1DWW (@1DAAW) September 29, 2014
Some people were so excited, they lost the ability to type coherent sentences:
OMFG STEAL.MY GIRL IS ON THE RADIO IM RFYIGNG
— luke please (@springtimeniamx) September 29, 2014
Or they lost control of their bodies:
Zayn's high notes in #stealmygirl got me like . I can't pic.twitter.com/lt5i13K8Js
— Majo (@Majomolinaj25) September 29, 2014
Listening to Steal My Girl for the 38393683 time be like: #BuyStealMyGirlOnItunesNOW pic.twitter.com/jF8kqsukaf
— love you boys (@tamedliam) September 29, 2014
just listening to Steal My Girl like pic.twitter.com/UQ94BSOAss
— Hooryeh (@1DSuperhumans) September 29, 2014
Because Zayn's high note is obviously perfect:
Zayns high note in steal my girl got me like #StealMyGirlIsPerfect #StealMyGirl #StealMyGirlOnTheRadio pic.twitter.com/Ru8km509Om
— Ashley (@NiamsDimple) September 29, 2014
Zayns high note in steal my girl got me like http://t.co/21OeoDccof
— caitlin (@i69njh) September 29, 2014
this is literally me during zayn's high note in steal my girl pic.twitter.com/K3qN7RJ4lV
— brette :-) (@ironmanmalik) September 29, 2014
Some people think that "Steal My Girl" is better than the first song off FOUR, "Fireproof":
I will hand it to you, Steal My Girl is a thousand times better than Fireproof.
— lauren smells (@HarrySquad) September 29, 2014
Some fans realized they might be too obsessed with the band:
I can memorize Steal my Girl's lyrics after hearing it twice but I can't memorize my chemistry notes after studying for three days
— Carøline (@simplisticnarry) September 29, 2014
US TOO. Us too.
Directioners know that this new album will bring in a whole new wave of fans:
"I'm not a directioner but I like steal my girl" the fandom be like pic.twitter.com/0VXEmo6bAj
— liam the mermaid (@twxrkingnxrry) September 29, 2014
This person just reminded everyone there is more great things to come:
DOES IT EVER JUST HIT YOU THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A MUSIC VIDEO FOR STEAL MY GIRL #StealMyGirlOnTheRadio
— madison || pcd (@narryoncraiic) September 29, 2014
People plan on never turning "Steal My Girl" off:
me about listening steal my girl pic.twitter.com/z5TBee9hZ1
— a loves bea!! || hs (@CAMILASPAELLA) September 29, 2014
THIS IS LITERALLY MY MUMS FACE WHEN SHE HEARS THE START OF STEAL MY GIRL COMING FROM MY ROOM FOR THE 100TH TIME pic.twitter.com/z196AaX9J7
— i know, i know. (@dancingharryx) September 29, 2014
ME LISTENING TO STEAL MY GIRL https://t.co/15Mxf3M3g8 #EMABiggestFans1D
— i follow back bc ily (@NarryMyDream) September 29, 2014
Obviously, the fans had to give themselves credit where it is due:
*fandom after steal my girl becomes number one on iTunes in less than a day* #BuyStealMyGirlOnItunesNOW pic.twitter.com/ODRguPYZCi
— zee // ZAYN PLEASE (@zeelovescandy) September 29, 2014
RADIOS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE PLAYING STEAL MY GIRL. IF THIS DOESNT MAKE YOU PROUD THEN IDK WHAT #StealMyGirlSlayingRadioStations
— (@thefaultinzain) September 29, 2014
'Steal My Girl' on iTunes Charts right now! BUY HERE: http://t.co/wJRp2ykq3q pic.twitter.com/dDjNbu9OsB
— One Direction (@1DFAMlLY) September 29, 2014
Steal My Girl is the #1 single and Four is the #1 album on itunes charts in America :) pic.twitter.com/IR6cpmWtnN
— OneDirection Updates (@CaliTracking1D) September 29, 2014
Some even believe listening to this song will change you:
Before and after you listen to Steal My Girl: pic.twitter.com/KjxUgiq0ja
— kayla is 1d af (@TWERKlNTOMMO) September 29, 2014
This is the most authetic, truthful tweet we have ever read.
Get "Steal My Girl" on iTunes NOW! FOUR is available for pre-order now and will be released November 17, 2014.
What do you think of the song? Tweet us your thoughts with #StealMyGirlOnTheRadio!
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Another day, another Justin Bieber scandal. In the past, many of Hollywood’s elite have voiced their negative opinions of the Biebs, but recently Orlando Bloom chose to use his fists instead. Early Wednesday morning, it appears that the Biebs and Bloom were in less of a partying mood, and more of a fighting one. It’s not clear what sparked the fight (as if you need a reason to hit Bieber), but we’re totally #TeamOrlando. Bloom joins the ranks of these other celebrity Bieber-haters.
Seth Rogen:
This funny man first tweeted his sincerest feelings about Bieber back in January:
All jokes aside, Justin Bieber is a piece of shit.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 23, 2014
When he appeared on Howard Stern's radio show, Rogen elaborated with a story. When Rogen and Bieber were both guests on a German talk show, a member of Bieber's team reached out to Rogen because the pop star wanted to meet him. It wasn’t exactly the meet up he’d expected.
"[...] I went outside to meet him and he was acting like I asked to meet him. It was very nonchalant, 'Yo man. Wassup,' and I was like, 'What the f*ck, I don't give a f*ck about, I don't want to meet you. Don't act all nonplussed to meet me. I didn't want to meet you. I was totally cool not meeting you… But I was like, fine, I wouldn't have said anything, I was like, 'He's a bit of a motherf*cker. Whatever. He's young, the kid's a dick.'"
Drake Bell:
In 2012, Bell began his hobby of being Justin Bieber's biggest hater, using Twitter as his weapon. At first, the tweets were pretty tame.
I wouldn't randomly bash @katyperry....bieber however lol
— Drake Bell (@DrakeBell) July 3, 2012
It didn't stop there, though. Bell continued poking fun at Bieber’s talent and his "crazy" #beliebers over time. It’s become commonplace in the Twitter world for Bell to shoot off a crack or two about Bieber. But more recently, Bell has unleashed his true and honest hatred for Bieber.
When is someone going to tell this idiot he can't draw.His art is almost as bad as his music. Talentless artless pic.twitter.com/N3xiPFfQNz
— Drake Bell (@DrakeBell) January 16, 2014
Olivia Wilde:
Wilde isn’t a fan of how often Bieber is shirtless (same Olivia, same). She took to Twitter last March to rant, “Bieber, put your f*cking shirt on. (unless you lost all your shirts in a fire in which case my condolences and please purchase a new shirt.)” She's since deleted this tweet.
Bill Hader:
The former Saturday Night Live cast member doesn’t have any fond memories from when Bieber hosted the late-night gig. Hader even considers Bieber the worst host in the show's history.
Joel McHale:
When he appeared on Conan O’Brien’s show, McHale was asked why someone would egg a house. His quick response was, “Because he’s a f*cking idiot.”
Jon Hamm:
In his interview with Men’s Health, Hamm made it apparent that he believes Bieber is a person without any real life skills.
"Look at Bieber or whoever. You’re like, ‘What the fuck, man? What are you doing? Why?’ There’s no one telling those people no, and it’s a shame. Is there a mom or a dad or a really good friend who can say, ‘Hey, shithead!’ You see people in the world and you’re like, ‘Do you know how a washing machine works? Do you know how to wash a dish?’ Life skills are something we’re missing.”
Jon Bon Jovi:
Bon Jovi, whose career spans longer than Bieber’s life, talked to The London Evening Standard about Bieber’s blatant disregard for his fans, showing up anywhere from an hour to two hours late to his concerts.
"Every generation has guys that do that, none of that is new. [...] Do it once, you can be forgiven. Do it enough times and shame on you. They won’t have you back. Then it just becomes a cliché. It’s really not cool — you’re an asshole. Go to f***in’ work!”
Rainn Wilson:
Like some of us, Wilson wanted to look back on the good ol’ Bieber days. We might have separate opinions on what those actually are, however.
Im starting to miss the young, adorable mop bucket peeing, house egging &amp; strip club raging Bieber of 2013. #belieber #DUIeber
— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) January 23, 2014
Jared Padalecki:
Like Drake Bell, Padalecki has no shame in taunting Bieber on Twitter. During the scandalous “Egg-gate,” Padalecki tweeted the star directly.
"Hey @justinbieber, how much are you paying your friend for pretending that it was HIS cocaine, and taking the fall for you?"
Zach Braff:
Braff was there to tweet what we all really felt when Bieber’s life became a DUI, drag-racing hot mess.
Who amongst us hasn't drag-raced a Lambo in Miami on pills? #FreeBieber
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) January 23, 2014
Jason Biggs:
Another tweeter-than-deleter, Biggs once went off on a massive Twitter rant, unleashing some intense feelings about the Biebs.
“Can you beat the c*** out of Bieber? Is that what you can do?”
“Maybe the police kept getting contact highs whenever they went over there?”
“I would get my actual jaguar and smear him in meat when I went to make my citizen’s arrest.”
And of course, the most recent, Orlando Bloom:
Bloom finally did what we’ve all wanted to do, if we’re being honest, and took a swing at Bieber. This may not actually count as a fight, but we’re still going to say Bloom totally won.
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Orlando Bloom Throws Punch at Justin Bieber
Bonus points: Bloom's Lord Of The Rings buddy, Dominic Monaghan, had the best reaction to this situation, ever.
.@TheLadBible: Orlando has won infinite lad points after punching Justin Bieber last night in Ibiza For the shire! http://t.co/yotFnVReEj”
— Dominic Monaghan (@DomsWildThings) July 30, 2014
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It's that time of year again, a time when celebrities from the worlds of sport, music, and '90s TV shows come together to create the sparkliest night on television. We are, of course, talking about Dancing with the Stars, which revealed the lineup for its 18th season on Tuesday morning, and the celebrities who will be joining the illustrious ranks of two former members of NSYNC, a handful of reality stars, and more retired football players than the ESPN commentary team. But it wouldn't be Dancing with the Stars if your '90s nostalgia didn't come with a side helping of tween stars and athletes you've never heard of, and that's why we've ranked the new dancers from least to most relevant, so that you can tell them all apart when it comes time for them to cha cha. First up...
Cody SimpsonRemember when Justin Bieber first burst onto the scene, bright-eyed and innocent, with the kind of flippy hair that looks great on the walls of tween girls' lockers? Well, if that version of Bieber were blonde and Australian, you'd have Cody Simpson. Ask your cousin in middle school, she knows who he is.
James Maslow One fourth of the boy band Big Time Rush and one of the stars of their Nickelodeon show that you probably watched in reruns the last time you were sick. He's a big deal amongst the teenagers of the world, trust us.
Drew CareyOnce the star of several popular comedies, he's now best known for being the host of The Price Is Right, which means the majority of his votes are going to come from people who are either over 60 or unemployed.
Diana NyadShe's the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida, but other than that, does anyone actually know anything about her? Call us when she's on The Real Housewives of Miami.
Sean AveryA former professional hockey player, which apparently makes his presence on DWTS "historic." Also, he's friends with Andy Cohen, which bumps him up a spot or two.
Candace Cameron Bure'90s nostalgia gives DJ Tanner a pretty good spot on this list, but let's be real: she wasn't even the best character on her show. Of course, the second she dances to the Full House theme (you know it's going to happen!) she'll become everyone's favorite contestant. Bonus points if her partner, Mark Ballas, dresses up like Uncle Jesse.
Amy Purdy A snowboarding champ and a double amputee, her spot on DWTS actually is historic. Whether she wins or not, Amy Purdy will end up becoming the biggest star in this cast, and we're genuinely rooting for her.
Meryl Davis and Charlie WhitePartners on the ice and partners on this list, Meryl Davis and Charlie White just won a gold medal for pairs ice dancing at the Winter Olympics, like, a whole three weeks ago. They're also featured on boxes of Corn Flakes, which everyone knows is the second most important breakfast cereal there is.
Danica McKellarThere is an entire generation that refuses to let go of their first crush, Winnie Cooper, which is why she ranks higher than DJ Tanner. Plus, she's a mathematician, which makes her the coolest former child star around.
NeNe LeakesBy far the biggest star of the biggest reality television franchise on the air, NeNe Leakes is, whether we like it or not, a pretty big deal. If you like your dancing with a side of drama, this is the contestant for you. She's already got your mom's vote, so you might as well give in.
But all of the teenage fans, Olympic gold medals and reality television viewers pale in comparison with the man who is, by far, the biggest get of the season:
Billy Dee WilliamsLook, Lando Calrissian is a cinematic icon. He cannot be measured by the same standards of relevance as everyone else on this list; he transcends relevance. He leaves relevance in his dust. Lando Calrissian is the coolest cat on every planet in galaxies both near and far, and soon, he will be smoothest dancer in the universe.
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Showtime
Showtime’s hit serial killer drama Dexter may have ended recently, but the show is about to enjoy a second life in syndication. Starring Michael C. Hall as the titular serial killer with a day job as a blood splatter analyst at Miami Metro police department, Dexter became a breakout hit for Showtime during its eight years on the air.
Now the creepy, morally ambiguous drama is heading to NUVOtv, the English-language destination for Latino entertainment. Audiences will be able to relive every kill, or discover the bloody fun of Dexter for the first time.
Before airing the first back-to-back episodes on January 13 at 9pm, Hollywood.com was lucky enough to hop on a call with Dexter stars David Zayas and Lauren Velez. Zayas played the laid-back, Hawaiian shirt-loving detective Angel Batista, while Velez played politically-minded Lieutenant Maria LaGuerta.
Here’s what Zayas and Velez had to say about being on Showtime’s most popular show, the fates of their characters, and what they thought of the controversial series finale:
On favorite behind-the-scenes moments from the show:Velez: I always sort of jump back to the first season with “The Ice Truck Killer.” We came back from some awards show—I think we were all shooting very early that morning—and we’re looking at a box with cut off fingers, and it was such an intense scene. I think Jennifer started laughing, and it created this ripple effect. I mean, we just laughed for a few minutes, and they had to hold the cameras. It was very funny, and we had a lot of moments like that, which were just completely different from what you see on screens.
On diversity in the Dexter universe: Zayas: What caught me about the story was that they kept the integrity of the characters that were Latino. They were in powerful positions—like a detective, lieutenant, district attorney—and they maintained that for the most part throughout the eight years, and that’s something rare. You don’t see that on television too much. I was very proud of the fact that I was part of a show that was multiethnic.
On Dexter’s moral ambiguity: Zayas: I think that not everything is black or white. I think that you see a show about a serial killer, and your initial reaction is that this man is bad. This man is evil. And in watching this show and watching how they’ve created this character, it is not black or white. You do go on the journey with him. There are aspects of his decisions that you agree with, not that you condone what he does, but you start agreeing. You start seeing his world the way he sees it, and you start to understand—not what he’s doing is right—but you start to understand how his brain is working, and you start to understand how society is affecting that.
On LaGuerta’s shocking death:Velez: You know, it was difficult leaving, but I felt it was the perfect time for her to leave. I feel like it was a natural evolution for the character. Somewhere in her she always knew that she was going to have to face this particular evil, not necessarily Dexter, but that’s why she became a cop. There’s something really wonderfully fulfilling about it and bittersweet about leaving my Dexter family. But I’m glad that she left the way she did—not that she was shot, but willing to die for what she believed in.
On the somewhat controversial Dexter series finale: Zayas: As an actor, I’ve always found that my job is not to judge the content in which I’ve agreed to perform in. What I try to do is just find the truth in every moment that they’ve written. So yeah, there was a number of different ways it could’ve ended, but this is the way they chose, and I think the way it was done was very good. But when it comes to how it could have ended, everybody has an opinion, and that’s what makes this medium of television so interesting.
Velez: I don’t know how else it could’ve ended, in truth.
On the high female body count:Velez: What I found fascinating is that we started with three women, and all three of them were dead by the end of the show’s run. I don’t know what that says, but Rita, LaGuerta, and obviously Deb, all because of Dexter — whether directly or indirectly — died.
One of the things about the show that I found absolutely compelling is that there’s no sugar coating it. At the end of the day he is who he is. The episodes can be funny; they can be horrible; they can be tragic-- whatever they are, it never gets away from what Dexter is, which is a killer. We get a glimpse into his life and who he is, and that this could be the average person next door, which I think makes it so fascinating.
What’s Dexter’s weakness? Zayas: As a viewer of Dexter, probably his weakness would be his family. His family has always been a weakness, because to me that’s what has always confused him. When something happened that involved his family, that was always what raised his blood pressure up.
On the fan response at San Diego Comic-Con: Zayas: Well the weirdest thing for me the first time I was at Comic-Con was seeing a bunch of people dressed up like my character. That was kind of jolting to me and kind of weird. But you know, it was interesting, and it was definitely complementary. But I had never been at Comic-Con before, and seeing people dressed like characters of our show was—it took me aback a little bit. I had to get used to that.
Velez: I think the thing that struck me the most is the commitment of the fans, not only to dressing like their favorite characters, but when they came to the panel discussions of the show the questions were so specific and really intelligent. All of them had to do with the moral ambiguity of the show and how it affected their morality. They were just really wonderful insightful questions, and I was sort of floored at how committed the audience was to the show.
Dexter airs every Monday night at 9pm on NUVOtv. Catch a preview below:
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In the moments between that one last Executive Producer: Vince Gilligan and a frenetic phone call from my college roommate, I struggled with the uncertainty that hits some of us after experiencing anything as grand as the Breaking Bad series finale: Was that — could it possibly have been — as perfect as I thought it was? Would everybody else in the world feel the same way, or would this be the Lost finale debacle all over again? (Hey, Walt did leave us in a pose quite reminiscent of Jack Shephard's final bow.) But then I got the call. I logged onto Twitter. I caught a few moments of glee emanated by the Talking Bad panel. I knew that this wasn't all stemming from my will to leave this program on a high note. This was real. The Breaking Bad finale was, unequivocally, perfect.
Perfect in its pacing. We got the big blow-out episode two weeks back, when Hank and Gomey bit the dust, Walt kidnapped baby Holly, and a border collie scampered across the New Mexican highway. While the world anticipated a Walt Vs. The Nazis showdown in this final chapter, that was really just the capper: the meat of the episode was the deliberate, somber cobblestone pathway leading up to that explosive end. The drama that booms inside of Breaking Bad, not the thriller that coats its outer shell.
At first, "Felina" made some of us hesitant to believe that it would accomplish everything it needed to. After a menacing stop at the Schwartz household and a quick visit with Lydia and Todd, we might have wondered if the show was delivering its final episode in a form that felt too much like a staccato bucket list. But we were validated in our hopes that the ep would soften its edges. Once Walt hit Skyler's depressing new pad, paying a visit with the secondary intentions of leaving her with the tangible evidence capable of freeing her from the law's grasp once and for all and the primary intentions of bidding one last goodbye to his wife and infant daughter (and, through a tear-stained window, his son — so shattered by his father's villainies that he has abandoned one of their most symbolic kinships: driving), the episode evened out to a steady flow that not only proved unconditionally captivating, but also retroactively acknowledged all that came before it to have been so mechanically necessary.
From that point on, we came to realize that the first half of the episode (jeez, we're already more than halfway done!) was spotted with perfection. We were sold on the grimacing opener — Walt shivering in the snowed-in car he steals up in New Hampshire, praying to a God who has no business paying him any mind and ultimately receiving the bounty for which he asks: the keys to the ride takes across country, stopping first at the Schwartz's place to put the fear of death into them in return for Elliott's boneless agreement to transfer Walt's nine million smackers to Walt Jr. upon his 18th birthday. The whole scene — a break-in that Danny Ocean would treat to an impressed nod — plays with the cinematic poise and aggressive suspension of disbelief you might find in a Hollywood heist flick. Walt, reproducing some amalgamation of Heisenberg, Mike Ehrmantraut, and the dapper leading antiheroes in whatever movies he asked Robert Forster to pick up for him during his time in the mountains, recognizes just what sort of folk he's dealing with this time around: his sort of folk. Not the hardened Salemancas or sociopathic neo-Nazis that see straight through his falsified bravado, but the kind of people he can so faintly remember being. So, he can take this one final opportunity to tout the character he has built... sans hat, but close enough.
And to concede that this scene isn't at all a deviation from the Breaking Bad universe but very much just a machination of Walt's toxic drives paying off in the only sort of community they ever really might, we find out that the two "expert hit men" he hired to shine sniper rifels into the chests of his Prague-going victims are none other than Badger and Skinny Pete. Here is a sign of the depths to which present day Walt, with millions in tow, has sunk. And just as importantly, it is a sign of series creator/episode writer and director Vince Gilligan's appreciation for his fan base. There might have been plenty of ways to convey that Walt had no intention, or means, of actually harming Elliott and Gretchen. And a dozen and a half, easy, of Walt solidifying the realization that Jesse was still at large. But none would have been more crowd pleasing. More fun for the long-time viewers. Here's one for the fans, Vince Gilligan must have smiled while writing these scene. Proof that even in its darkest, bleakest attire, Breaking Bad is not intrinsically joyless.
On, past quick shots of Walt parading through diners, his broken down old home on Negra Arroyo, and glaring ominously into his trunk, to his next victim: Lydia. A predictable sort (and predictably one, at that), Walt is able to determine the time and place of Lydia's next meeting with Todd as well as exactly what she'll be drinking at the time. The sort of beverage into which a cigarette's worth of ricin might find itself dumped during a frantic ad hoc meeting (a meeting that also gives Walt the opportunity to get a leg in to a reunion with Todd's dirtbag brethren. All in one stone. And although this scene isn't likely to stay with us the way that Walt's tyrannical traipse through the Schwartz home, his miserably poetic sit-down with Skyler, or any of what comes thereafter will, it is a point we needed to visit, and of which to watch the undertaking with a cautious and hungry eye. Walt is lucky, yes (very), but he's also quite good at much of what he does.
In a quick break from Walt, we see the Lambert sisters taking to their pre-series dynamic: high on the leverage her noble tragedy gives her over the decrepit narrative worn by her sister, Marie phones Skyler to play a condescending (never vindictive, just inherently competitive) guardian, letting her know that Walt has been spotted back inthe neighborhood, and that she best be on the lookout — because we're lucky enough to be watching Breaking Bad, it is immediately after this phone call that we realize Walt is already in the picture. When he does finally say his goodbyes to Skyler, to baby Holly, and (tacitly) to Flynn, Walt allows us something we haven't experienced in full seasons: he impresses us. Walt comes clean to himself, using Skyler as the push, that he didn't do any of this for anybody but himself. Cooking meth, ascending to the top of the kingdom, it was all to be something he never got a chance to be. To grab at the missed opportunities that have haunted him through every car cleaning and every ungrateful high school student. He needed to feel like the man he never was. And all the decay he has come to discover, and to endure, has finally made Walt open his eyes to that.
It is the first time of several in this final episode that Walt shows us something in him that we can reflect upon as sympathetic. We'll never root for him again. We'll never give him the benefit of the doubt. But we can grow wistful over shines of the man he once was. In Walt's exchange with Skyler, we see that old Walt in him again... we hold onto memories of a Walt we can remember loving. In Flynn's defeated, physically weakened trodding from bus to front door, we see an abandonment of the Walt we might ever have rooted for. And in Walt's stroking of the hairless head of a sleeping baby Holly, we see the hero, and father, he never got the chance to be. Worse even than the crumbling Skyler and altogether abdicated Flynn, we see a daughter who won't remember him at all. But he'd hang onto her, and this moment, even if he lasted another five seasons.
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And then comes the boom. Walt's endeavor toward justice. We're not certain where he stands on objective, at this point. Is he just trying to reclaim his throne? Is he vying for the rest of his money, with which to shower a resentful Walt Jr.? Revenge for Hank? Freedom for Jesse? Some kind of principled takedown of the White Power movement? Or maybe, in the simplest and possibly most gratifying terms, a scientist driven to carry out a calculated plan?
Walt is ushered through the team's gates, salivating with anticipation over his opportunity to let loose his machine gun-rigged automobile. The simplest and most foreseeable of problems takes hold immediately: they snag his car keys (the weapon is operated by the unlock plooper thing — for the life of me, I have no idea what else you'd call those gadgets, and my father always used the word "plooper"). And then, a larger problem: Uncle Jack wants Walt dead. Why, exactly? Eh, who knows? He's a menace. He's a threat. He's a jackass. Take your pick. But Uncle Jack, that same Uncle Jack who so graciously gave Walt a barrel of his own dough, will not be called a liar when Walt accuses him of partnering up with Jesse Pinkman to create the blue meth that is selling hot throughout Europe these days. So, Uncle Jack parades the shackled Jesse out into the open for Walt to gaze upon. Not a partner, but a slave.
We can assume that Walt's agitation of Jack was only to bide time while he squirms for his key plooper on the fleetingly guarded pool table, and that Walt had no real intention of seeing Jesse again — at least at this particular juncture — or using him as a pawn in his plan to take down the nazi troupe. But a monkey wrench in thrown into the gears when Todd drags Jesse into the line of Mr. White's sights, and the man who just gave the wife he destroyed one last look at the good that lurks someplace inside of him surprises us yet again: he looks at Aaron Paul, but doesn't see Jesse. He doesn't see the loud-mouthed, bright-eyed, beaming idiot with a heart of gold that came under his tutilege back in the days of the desert. He sees what is left of that scrappy young pup, and feels something — call it guilt or responsibility, maybe just pity, or (if you are an idealist, like I am) a flicker of love. Corroded love. But in taking one look at the boy whose name he cried out during his painkiller soliloquy, Walt sees someone else he cares to rescue. A tackle to the ground, a quick press of the plooper (sorry if that's robbing the summary of its gravity) button, and the guns howl with fury, taking out — in a twist of fate so romantically gratifying that you're not going to call it out for being "too convenient" — every one of the low-down bastards but Todd and Uncle Jack.
Todd is left to Jesse, who strangles the monster with the very shackles in which he placed him. That's elementary poetic justice. But then Walt enacts perhaps the most surprising move we get ever in the show: he cuts Jack off, with a bullet to the head, right in the midst of a threat that he'll never know how to find the rest of his millions. That unapologetic decision tells us that this whole endeavor was not for the money, nor even for the pride. It was for freedom. It was his goodbye to this world, on the part of his trembling family and — a priority that came into being as soon as he laid sad eyes onto him — Jesse.
To articulate the currents that erupt between Walt and Jesse in their final moments together would be a task I'm not equipped to take. Walt allows Jesse the opportunity to kill him; hell, Walt allows himself the opportunity to be killed, to be put out of his demonic misery, by his proverbial son. But Jesse — wanting so badly for Walt to be out of the picture, refusing so resentfully to do him any last favors, and so painfully unable despite everything and anything else to take the life of someone who has (for better or much, much, MUCH worse) been so very important to him — can't. Won't. Doesn't. "Do it yourself," Jesse tells Walt.
In discussing the scene to follow with a few friends post-viewing, I recognize it as that which will be called out as the finale's only weak link: Walt's phone conversation with Lydia. On the one hand, we don't need to hear him tell her that she's dying, as we already know. And she, soon enough, will know. But this call isn't for us, for Walt, or for Lydia. It's for Jesse, for whose benefit Walt speaks in hearty exposition just before the tattered young man can make his way out of the incarcerating gate. Jesse needs to know that he's free. That this world to which he has been bound so mercilessly since pre-Day 1 is under the ground. Walt has plucked every major player from the meth game, topping off the list with Lydia, thusly ending Jesse's ties to this cold, chemical, blue hell. And with Jesse taking note of Walt's abolition of him, he might even set Walt free, too: of the hate. Whether or not he still holds onto the very real anger he must feel for the latest father figure to abandon him, Jesse offers Walt one final glance of sincerity. A "thanks for the memories," or a "it's been real"? Maybe. Probably, if only just a bit. It might be asking too much to think that the find, wordless stare shared by the men is anything close to the love or fraternity we always sort of wanted to believe they shared. But it's certainly civility. And, if that's not enough to make you tear up a little, it's shared history. And then, it's a goodbye.
The most wonderful goodbye we'll say to any Breaking Bad character, as Jesse speeds dynamically through the gate he tried to scale one episode and so many months before, laughing like the child he never got to be not only at his freedom from his underground cage, but from the pen in which Walter White has kept him for the past two years. Killing Walt, or seeing Walt put in jail, might never have given Jesse the ease he feels in this beautiful instance. A true understanding and trust, despite everything, that the man who has controlled his life has decided once and for all to let him go. And then once he flips on that engine, Jesse's life is, for the first time in the series, his. He belongs to himself alone. And he's off to do whatever he might wish — build boxes, draw cartoons, flee to Alaska, take care of Brock. Tying everything up so neatly, the show lets our imaginations run wild. Breaking Bad says, "Give Jesse the ending you've always wanted for him." And that's not only okay, it's perfect. Jesse, now, can have any ending he wants. And we love him. So let's all give him the one we love best.
Note: And yes, in the cold light of morning, I understand the frivolity in deeming Jesse's ending a "happy" one. Sure, he is free now in a tangible sense, and ostensibly able to escape hold of the trade for his days to come, but this is the same young man of pulverized heart and spirit that we saw lifelessly opt to flee to Alaska not so long ago. Actually, it's a man worse for wear, now that Andrea has been killed right before his eyes. Jesse will never be free, not from all that has been tattooed onto his soul thanks to the legacy of Walter White. Holly might not remember him, but Jesse won't go a moment without Walt's claws piercing him so viciously. It's a given that Jesse's life won't be perfect, and might never be "good." But I do think we can latch onto that unadulterated relief we see in him in that final second. That momentary glee. The ability to feel something in the neighborhood of hope again. I think that's a happy enough ending, and that we can have fun determining for ourselves in what way it will manifest.
And as for Walt... his ending is quite clear. As he steps with the chemist's awe into the nazis' meth lab, glowing over the machinery that gave him the torrential past two years, Walt is happy to hold fast to every twinge and twitter that he has know in this tour. He has come to a point to realize that his reasons for getting into the game were all sour, that his actions were all missteps, that everything he has done to his family and friends has been nothing short of satanic. But he has not forgotten any of the other side of it: having known all that, to some degree, this entire time, there was a reason he kept going. Everything he explained to Skyler — the feeling that he was finally what he wanted to be. A king, a hero, a man, a winner. At the expense of his wife and children, his in-laws, friends, coworkers, and of Jesse, Walt gave himself life.
It's a sad, terrible, monstrous, tragic story. But it's a human one. And as the cops flood in and we Walt fall bloody to a Jack Shephardian death, weakened by a nick from one of his own bullets and long torn down by the disease brewing inside of him, finally ready to let go after settling everything on the outside and inside alike, we recognize the human inside of Walt. We don't forgive it. We don't entirely sympathize with it. We can't say we love or root for it whatsoever. But we see it — him. We see a man. And for all he's done to everyone around him — and to us as well — we'll sure miss his story.
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Man or woman cannot survive on DVD box sets and possible Netflix reboots alone when it comes to enjoying our favorite TV casts. What better way for television's most dynamic duos to live on than in podcast form? With that thinking in mind, former co-stars of the beloved '90s Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete &amp; Pete, Michael Maronna (Big Pete) and Danny Tamberelli (Little Pete)are hosting their own podcast. "The Adventures of Danny and Mike," will send them out on the road to try their hand at different jobs such as guest-bartending in Montreal or managing an ice cream truck in Brooklyn. I guess that means Tamberelli will have to take a break from touring with his jam band. The recent announcement got us thinking of what other former duos should team up again to join the podcast-sphere.
Larry David &amp; Leon Black
While some would argue that Larry and Jeff from Curb Your Enthusiasm would make the most compatible hosts, we think it would take Leon (played by J.B Smoove) to really push Larry's buttons and make for much more interesting airtime. The two already briefly reunited for David’s HBO Film, Clear History, but that gives us just a taste of what these two masters of improv could accomplish if given their own show. Let's call it "Tit for Tat" for now.
Daria Morgendorffer &amp; Jane Lane
If you’re going to tease millennials with a Pete &amp; Pete reunion, they why not give them what they really want – a Daria and Jane reunion. They've already mastered the art of voice-acting, so a podcast would be a natural transition for both Tracy Grandstaff (Daria) and Wendy Hoopes (Jane). They could talk about the "Plastic of the Week" and expose everyday hypocrisy in a very, very soothing voice. Granted, Grandstaff's schedule is tight being a vice-president at Comedy Central and all and Hoopes is still acting, but we think they could make it work for the sake of the greater good.
Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement
These comedic troubadours from New Zealand started off as a BBC radio show, so it makes sense for them to return to their roots. Flight of the Conchords made an early exit from HBO – leaving us with an emotional void that only the sweet falsetto of Bret McKenzie and smooth dulcet tones of Jermaine Clement can fill.
Dr. Frasier &amp; Dr. Miles Crane
For the NPR-listening, tweed-clad set, a spin-off Frasier podcast would be just the thing to ease into your morning and fend off road rage with the some spirited discourse from our favorite buttoned-down WASP brothers. Kelsey Grammer would be a natural fit, having already played a radio host in the sitcom and David Hyde Pierce could diagnose people's problems with faux psychiatry. Having won a Tony, perhaps he could occasionally break out into song while Grammer dishes out dirt on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Rickie Vasquez &amp; Rayanne Graff
Claire Danes may have received all the accolades, but for us, My So-Called Life revolved around Rickie &amp; Rayanne played by Wilson Cruz and A.J. Langer. Their chemistry was unmistakable and their sartorial choices have probably inspired thousands of tumblr themes, so why not bring this fierce twosome back together? Cruz can fluctuate into talking about modern gay culture and basic b**tches while Langer or shall we call her "Lady Courtenay," can reveal what her day-to-day life is like being married to an English Earl.
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Every year, ABC's Dancing with the Stars ropes in a varied new batch of players to compete for a seat in Congress. (That's what the winner gets, right?) And every year, the amassed collections of actors, athletes, television personalities, and the odd astronaut have become more, let's say, "creative." Producers have shirked minor details like celebrity relevance in putting together eclectic teams for the competition series, taking the cake with their Season 17 lineup. Yes, the reactions to this year's players will range from "Not her again!"s to "Boy, he's really up and coming!"s to, "I had no idea he was still alive." Peruse the new DWTS contestants below, list compiled by Hollywood.com's Relevance Ranking (from least to most):
Corbin BleuAs the fourth billed star of the High School Musical movies, 24-year-old Bleu is the least relevant of the troupe, hardly even a thing back when he was a thing.
Jack OsbourneNot far ahead of Chaz Duckworth, or whatever it was, is the youngest and least significant member of a flavor-of-the-week MTV reality show that aired back in 2002 (and lasted, despite your recollection, all the way to '05).
Bill EngvallNeck and neck with Jackie O is Bill Engvall, best known for his frequent proximity to Larry the Cable Guy.
Christina MilianWhen you cap your music career by reading tweets on that reality show that people watch when Idol is out of season, you know you're a prime candidate for DWTS.
Brant DaughertyAdmittedly, Daugherty's role on the conversation piece Pretty Little Liars could justify a more prominent placement on this list. But he's also in The Starving Games, which kind of robs him of any of those points.
Keyshawn JohnsonRight in the middle of the pack is Keyshawn Johnson, who used to play football. Football is still cool, right?
Elizabeth BerkleyThanks to the onslaught of '90s nostalgia perpetuated by our generation's nagging inability to grow up, we have granted Saved by the Bell star Elizabeth Berkley an everlasting spot at the corner of our conscience. Remember when she took the caffeine pills? Of course you do. Hey, that might work on this show!
Leah ReminiLeah Remini's name has been thrown around a lot lately, mostly in connection to The Talk firings and Sharon Osbourne controversies. Hmm, perhaps we'll find a bit of a rivalry between her and Sharon's son Jack? That could bump him up an Engvall or two.
Amber RileyShe's on Glee, so there that is.
Valerie HarperTo be sincere for a minute, we pay legitimate credit to Valerie Harper, who is not only tackling cancer, but has long served as an inspiration to fellow sufferers, not to mention actors (she rejects the word "actress") and women everywhere. Some pop culture relevance is the kind you earn.
Snooki...and some, alas, is the kind that forms atop your head in the shape of a ravenous koosh ball. As much as it pains us to say this, Jersey Shore star and new mom Snooki is DWTS' big get of the season.
But that's only 11. What about the last new contestant?
Ah, yes, Bill Nye the Science Guy. A man who exists beyond the realms of pop culture relevance. A man who cannot be defined, but who himself doles out definition. A man against whom all other men are measured. Often in Berzelius beakers. Science rules.
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Aziz Ansari recently announced that he will be be writing a book about technology and dating. Let's just be happy that his Parks and Recreation character -- the nasal R&amp;B-loving, "swag"-saying Tom Haverford -- isn't writing the book. Here are a few quotes from Tom that he might have used if it were his book on romance.
On perserverence:"The four sweetest words in the English language — 'You wore me down.'"
On the perfect date:"We had dinner last night and breakfast this morning. What were we doing in between? Sex stuff."
On the female form: “I have no interest in art. Let me clarify: I have no interest in non-nude images.”
On when to call:"No, I don’t text her, 'It was nice meeting you." I wait eight weeks and I text her, 'What’s crackin?"'
On getting over a divorce:“Yeah, I’ve been a little down. Totally natural. I’m getting a divorce, but now I’m ready to pull myself up by some G-strings.”
On rationalization:"I just don't get why you broke up with me. Is it 'cause I'm not cool enough, like the normal kids compared to the vampires? Is it an Edward-Bella-Jacob type situation? Where you like me but there's someone else you like more?"
On weddings:“One of my life goals is to be a best man. It’s a baller position. You get drunk, you make speeches, and you make love to the prettiest bridesmaid. Usually standing from behind.”
On breakups: "She broke up with me. Didn't really tell me why. Luckily when you're the guy you can just tell people she's crazy. 'Hey, Tom, I heard you and Lucy broke up.' 'Yeah, man. Turns out, she's crazy.' That's what they always do on Entourage."
On loneliness:“Modern life. Where are we running? Sometimes what we want is not always where we are… Are we alone? Is the real winter inside our hearts? We are all struggling for definition in a world that resists our increase.”
On open relationships:“Yes, I’m married. But my wife understands that a good politician has to be appealing to the ladies. The fact that I haven’t even gotten close to cheating on her is a disappointment to us both.”
On Twilight:"Am I team Edward? Yes. Do I share his concerns about turning Bella, though? Absolutely not."
On deal-breakers:“Not loving ‘90s R&amp;B music is #3 on the Oh No Nos list. Girl don’t even know who Ginuwine is.”
On nicknames: "We have cookie tush, Winnie the Boo, lady presh-presh, Annberry sauce, Annie get your boo, Tommy’s girl, Annie bananie…"
On spicing it up: "I think cave sex is insane."
On the perfect gift:'There isn't a woman alive who doesn't love diamonds. Even the super left-wing chicks who saw Blood Diamond and cried. When they get a diamond, they like, 'yeah, b**ch, get more of them blood diamonds. Make 'em extra bloody.'"
On sex scandals:"I used to love Tiger Woods because he was a great champion. But after that sex scandal? The man is a god. "
On gold diggers: "Yeah, Jessica's a gold digger. But I'm a gold digger digger."
And, finally, some pick up lines:“I think you sound like an angel, and everyone else sounds like demons.”"Hold on a second. Did you get your breasts done? You look amazing!""Hey, boo. Are you aging in reverse? 'Cause you look barely legal."
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Lea Michele, you are one strong gal! Despite the recent loss of her boyfriend and fellow Glee star Cory Monteith, who died from a mixture of heroin and alcohol at age 31, Michele is back "home," working on the set of Glee. After all, there's indeed no place like home.
Early Wednesday morning, Michele channeled her inner-Dorothy tweeting "Feels so good to be home… #GleeSeason5" with the above picture attached. So Gleeks get pumped, because the charming actress is back in action and filming the fifth season of the hit Fox dramedy.
Michele had kept hush-hush following the demise of the beloved Cory Monteith, but she then reached out to her fans on July 29th, tweeting, "Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love &amp; support. Cory will forever be in my heart." And just three days after, Michele popped back onto the Glee set to reprise her role as Rachel Berry.
Rumors circulated that the show would halt as a result of Monteith's death, however Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee, recently revealed that Lea Michele made the decision to keep the popular series in motion. In addition, Murphy disclosed that the upcoming season of Glee will feature a tribute episode to Monteith.
Yes, it will definitely be difficult to tune into Glee without having Finn and his awkward dance moves to steal the screen, but we are still excited to check out Glee when it returns to Fox on September 26th.
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Justin Bieber peed in a mop bucket at a New York City restaurant. Unfortunately, this isn't another one of Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News stories, but something that actually happened — and TMZ has the video footage to prove it.
The video shows Bieber standing over a yellow industrial custodial device while his entourage eggs him on and the restaurant staff watches in horror.
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There's got to be a logical explanation for this, right? Because if the bathroom was down the hall and Bieber has a normal 19-year-old's bladder control capabilities, surely that would be the preferable place for one to relieve oneself.
Here's what must have happened:
Early in the morning of the fateful misplaced urination, young Bieber feels a cold coming on. This would prove a disaster, because he has a concert that night and, after that one time he puked on stage (which people are still chuckling over), he knows he has to be in tip-top condition. So, Bieber orders one of his peons to bring him a liter of Emergen-C-infused water every hour on the hour. Liquids being the best way to stave off the virus, of course.
After a day of water guzzling, Bieber is feeling pretty darn good. Phew! He and his crew pile into their gigantic white Range Rover with purple leather seats to head to the concert venue. But holy moly, the traffic is terrible! It's gridlock all down 5th Avenue, and for every minute the car sits idle, the pressure builds in the poor Biebs' bladder. Until, finally, he just can't take it anymore. The car pulls over at a fancy-looking club they pass, which they figure must have a nice clean bathroom for Bieber to use.
When they arrive at the club, however, they are mobbed by fans. Scooter Braun stupidly tweets a photo of the club's sign as the troupe walks in, so legions of tween girls know right where to find their idol. As Bieber tries to make his way to the toilet, girls swarm the club like the super zombies in World War Z — he is trapped.
The club's heroic manager comes to his rescue, ushering Bieber and his gang, through a series of secret passageways designed for just this purpose, to the restaurant kitchen behind the club, where he knows an industrial mop bucket resides. Bieber arrives at the receptacle just as his liquid waste has reached its critical mass and... crisis averted.
And then, Bieber grabbed a spray bottle and proclaimed, "F**k Bill Clinton!" Now, there's got to be a logical explanation for that...
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Jake's visit with his grandmother becomes life-altering when he meets the show's hairdressers, becomes instantly smitten and decides to take a job that is beneathe his high-paced expectations.

Episode 2. Power Failure
(AIR DATE 10/03/2002)

Jake's attempt to establish his seat of power on the show goes against plan and he's faced with hosts who won't show themselves and a vanishing set.

Episode 3. The Way To Dylan's Heart
(AIR DATE 10/10/2002)

Jake agrees to go out with Dylan's best friend so that he can spend more time with Dylan.

Episode 4. Swan Jake
(AIR DATE 10/17/2002)

Jake reluctantly agrees to drive Gavin to meet his fans at a senior center. Jake discovers that the two men have more in common then he could have ever imagined. Meanwhile, Dylan accidentally admits her feelings for Jake to Lucia.

Jake's feelings for Dylan are outed when Gavin gets ahold of Jake's gift to her.

Episode 12. Mee So Torny
(AIR DATE 01/16/2003)

Gavin informs Jake that Dylan knows of his feelings, leading to rules of conduct for when Jake is in Dylan's presence. Claire gets her dressing room, but accidentally finds out about Penny's feelings for her grandson.

Episode 13. Take a Penny, Leave a Penny
(AIR DATE 01/23/2003)

Jake and Penny try to deal with the complications that arise out of their shared kiss.

Episode 14. Mutt & Jake
(AIR DATE 02/27/2003)

Gavin and Dylan take the next step in couplehood by getting a dog together. Jake and Penny's romance is halted by Jake's lingering emotional ties to Dylan.

Episode 15. The Big Leap
(AIR DATE 03/06/2003)

Jake thinks that some extreme activity will help the show's ratings and convinces Gavin and Frank to attempt skydiving.

Episode 16. Fear and Loathing in Miami
(AIR DATE 03/13/2003)

Gavin lands on Miami's top 100, at the bottom, and signs on to an extreme agent to try and bump up his profile. Jake tries to win over Penny, but when she finally seems to be moving towards him, he says that he's been wrong and they can just be friends.

Episode 17. About a Ploy
(AIR DATE 03/20/2003)

Penny and Claire fight to secure Frank's car accident witness testimony. Gavin's agent says he may walk to a network spot during negotiations which wouldn't hurt Jake's chances with Dylan.

Episode 18. Three Weeks Notice
(AIR DATE 03/27/2003)

Claire suggests that Jake wait three weeks before moving in on the newly single Dylan. Roberta makes Gavin join a "better" AA group to gain professional contacts.

Episode 19. Someone to Watch Over Gavin
(AIR DATE 04/03/2003)

Jake's first date with Dylan is interrupted by distraught Gavin.

Episode 20. The Slow and the Furious
(AIR DATE 04/10/2003)

Jake tries to fix Gavin up through a reality dating segment so he can finally pursue Dylan, but the woman he chooses turns out to need help to speak intelligently. Claire cons Frank into being her driver.

Penny and Gavin, Jake and Dylan pair up physically. On top of that, the Good Morning Miami staff get shaken up by new boss Victoria with exacting standards and expectations.

Episode 2. Good Morning, Manhattan
(AIR DATE 10/07/2003)

Jake takes a job at Dateline in New York to start a new life with Dylan, but in his absence leaves Victoria in the producer's seat and can't bear to stand his old staff treated as they are under her reign. The men from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy help make Dylan and Jake's New York apartment more liveable.

Episode 3. I Second That Promotion
(AIR DATE 10/14/2003)

Jake offers Dylan the chance at producing a segment for the show, but finds it hard to shuffle between their work and their romantic entanglements. Gavin becomes age self-conscious when Joni pokes fun of him and the staff keeps nagging him on it.

Gavin's chance meeting with Valerie at his Alcoholics Anonymous group prompts him to take on an undercover assignment. Dylan's attempt to attain high school pictures from the staff reveals secrets about Penny.

Episode 5. The Ex Games
(AIR DATE 10/28/2003)

Jake has a hard time handling the information of who Dylan's ex-husband is. Frank thinks he finds love at a costumed wedding when Penny lets him accompany her there.

Episode 6. Will You Still Leave Me Tomorrow?
(AIR DATE 11/11/2003)

Penny fears that Gavin may be getting attached and kicks him out of bed in the middle of the night. Jake tries to cover for a dishevelled Gavin, but poorly. Dylan asks for Victoria's car-shopping assistance after Victoria shows her negotiation skills on the phone.

Episode 7. A Kiss Before Lying
(AIR DATE 11/18/2003)

Jake's Thanksgiving plans with Dylan are ruined when his mother invites them over. With people away on holiday, Frank takes control of the station.

Episode 8. Her Place or Mine?
(AIR DATE 12/11/2003)

Penny tries to help Gavin with his money problems without his knowledge. Victoria and Jake battle over Frank's apartment.

Episode 9. Looking For Love In All The Wrong Cages
(AIR DATE 12/18/2003)

When Frank gives up on love, Jake takes it upon himself to help his friend out. Jake's plan of tricking Frank into going out with a zoologist doesn't go well. Penny and Gavin find a way to get free coffee.

Synopsis

Jake, a hot producer with multiple job offers, takes a job at a failing Miami morning show when he falls for the show's intoxicating hair-stylist, Dylan. During the second season, the Good Morning, Miami show is taken over by a new parent corporation Sunbright and come under their jurisdiction through the company point person Victoria Hill who immediately begins changes.